SOMERSWORTH — Mayor Matt Spencer is feeling better, but is not yet completely well after a scary bout with fungal meningitis in October.

“I am waiting for these headaches to subside and hopefully things will work out. There have been several others effected from this condition in the Seacoast and Merrimack,” said Spencer.

The mayor is one of as many as 13,000 patients that may have received contaminated steroid injections made by the Framingham, Mass., New England Compounding Center. According to the Boston Globe and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, federal investigators found widespread evidence of mold and other contamination when they visited New England Compounding in October. At least 656 patients who received the injections for back pain last year, including 39 who died, have become ill from fungal meningitis or other infections.

“Dozens of patients have sued the company, prompting New England Compounding to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month. The company has pledged to help put together a fund to pay victims, but reported in bankruptcy filings that it had less than $10 million in assets — far less than some plaintiffs lawyers say is needed,” the Globe reported recently.

Spencer visited the PainCare Clinic on Route 108 in Somersworth on Sept. 19 last year to receive an injection because of an injury he suffered during his service in the Coast Guard. PainCare and other medical facilities unwittingly received the tainted medication from the drug manufacturer. The medication was contaminated with a fungus that has been linked to the fungal meningitis outbreak reported across 15 states.

After experiencing spinal headaches a week after his Sept. 19 visit to PainCare, Spencer admitted himself to the hospital. He then received a lumbar puncture and medical caregivers were unable to obtain cerebral spinal fluids. After multiple lumbar punctures attempts, medical personnel discovered Spencer had abnormal white blood cells.

Spencer said his illness seriously impeded his abilities to care for his mother, who uses a walker, as well as his brother, who has a developmental disability.

When asked if he intends to take legal action in connection with his bout with fungal meningitis, Spencer declined to comment on specifics. He would only say he was “waiting to see how things panned out.”